Effect of zoledronic acid in an L6-L7 rabbit spine fusion model

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-562

  Bransford, Rick ^a   Goergens, Elisabeth ^a   Briody, Julie ^a   Amanat, Negin ^a,b   Cree, Andrew ^a   Little, David ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal model; Posterolateral fusion; Pseudarthrosis; Rabbit; Zoledronic acid

Indexed keywords

ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE GRAFT; BONE MASS; BONE REMODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; ILIAC BONE; LOCAL THERAPY; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; DIPHOSPHONATES; IMIDAZOLES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RABBITS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 34247267197     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0212-y     Document Type: Article

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